Verb
1. propose a payment;
"The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"2. invoke upon;
"wish you a nice evening""bid farewell"3. ask for or request earnestly;
"The prophet bid all people to become good persons"4. make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands;
"He called his trump"5. make a serious effort to attain something;
"His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"6. ask someone in a friendly way to do something